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Australian Toby Price leads the motorcycle class of the Dakar Rally after winning stage one to Bisha
Australia’s two-time winner Toby Price has launched his quest for a another Dakar Rally title in fine fashion by taking the honours in the opening stage of the 2021 edition.
Key points:
- Australia’s Toby Price has won the first stage of the Dakar Rally by 31 seconds, to lead the gruelling race’s motorcycle class
- Price said he got a little lost near the end of the stage, costing himself some time, but not enough to lose the lead
- Price has won the bike category of the event twice previously, in 2016 and 2019
Price, 33, has opened up a slender 23-second overall lead in the motorcycle class of the great race after winning the 277km first stage from Jeddah to Bisha in Saudi Arabia.
Perhaps more significantly for the Gold Coast rider, American…
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